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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1940-11-22

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-11-22, page 01

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PRQNICLE
DIW;^ Serving Columbws and Cenfaal Ohio J6wish Commtmity ^A\K
Vol. 10, No. 48
COIiVMBUS, OHIO, FBIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1040
Devoted (a Amtrlam •¦nd Jiwlsh Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Fram Evoiynhere By PBINBAS J. BlBON
Board Of Jewish Afinisters Formed In Columbus
ECHOIilS OF THE WAR
Hitler's Balkan efforts to close the mouth of the Danube have inspired a local wiseacre to in¬ quire whether the Beautiful Blue river has been' expressing anti-Nazi opinions ... Dr. Kurt von Schuschnlgg, last Chancel¬ lor of the late Austrian Repub¬ lic, ^who has been variously re¬ ported as a prisoner In a Nazi concentration camp and hope¬ lessly insane, is Uving quite well and happily in Munich . . . Hla wife, also well and happy, is with him there . . . What with Italian ..soldiers being routed by the Qreeks, the Italian navy be¬ ing smashed by the BrUish and ItaUan planes being brought down by the dozen In England, we can understand the skepti¬ cal attitude ot the ItaUan peo¬ ple on the question of their own mlUtaiy efficiency. . . They're particularly unimpressed by] their, anti-aircraft defense, which l8 credited with much damage to Italian property and to which , the death of General Balbo Is attrl buted .'. > It now appears that It was ItaUan anti-aircraft guns which shot down the plane In which-Balbo was maklng\an In¬ spection flight,. . , A refugee of . , ouf'-acqualntaace tells us that
Aiyan and who was one of Vien- na'si leading filn) executives for years,, -And that when the Nazis marched into Vienna a couple of years-^go special oi" ders were Issued providing tbat' the half-Jewish half-brother of| the Nazi air chief was 'not to be molested In any way .. . KEFirCiEES AVL ' Among the unfortunates held in French concentration camps libw that Hitler is the boss of what used to be the land of I,lh- erty. Equality and Fraternity are many thousands of Span- lards who were forced to flee their country after the vlctoiy ,ot the Franco Fascists ... A movement t6'equip American rescue shipa to bring these fight¬ ers for democracy to Mexico, which will be glad to welcome them, has now been launched . . . Leader of the inovement Is Helen Keller, the lady who has proved to all the world that strength ot spirit can overcome aU handicaps,', . . If you're tn tcrested In supporting this "American JRescue Ship Mission" Just address your contribution to Miss Keller at 200 Fifth Ave^ ;hue. New York .... They say that the~-reason why the'Nazis don't want ex-king Car,ol of Ru¬ mania and Magda Lupescu to come to,the New World is that Hitler Is afraid the two of them might tell America the truth about what is going on In the Balkans ... Magda, Incidentally, has been handling the former monarch's business affairs, and his largo properties In Canada and BrazU are held mostly In her name . . . RANSOM UNPAID i ' .Trau Alma Mahler-Werfel, 'Aryan w)fe ot novelist Franz ,Werfel, who together with her husband'^ias atlast found ret ,U8o jn this country, attributes "inBlr escape'from the hands of the lilazis to Adolf, Hitler's love of music"... As the widow of the fainousi composec Gustav ¦fabler, Fjrau Werfel has 'a val- (Cbiulnued on Page S)- \ ^
The six rabbis of Columhus met last Monday afternoon at the SchonjLhal Center and de¬ cided to form a Board of Jew¬ ish Minlstei^, to which they wlU also Invite rabbis living wlthlh'a radius of a hundreci miles. Habbl Mordecal Hirsch¬ sprung was elected president of the organl-^ zatlon for the first year and Rabbi Lee J. Levlnger 11 si secretary. The other mem bets are Rab-I bl Leopold' Greenwald Rabbi Samuel M. Gup, Rahbl Hany Kaplan and Habbl Na- Hirschsprung than Zellzer. The purpose of the organlza tlon WlU be to further Judaism and Jewish education, as weU as to enable the rabbis to co¬ operate; more i effectively for] such community service, The rabbis discussed such matters as a campaign to recruit chU dren for the reUgious^ schools of the city, religious- services for' the draftees'to be stationed at
BROTHEBBOOD SPEAKER NEXT TUESDAY EVENING
Wqi, D. SaUlel
"America Looks Ahead" wlU be the subject of William D, Salt¬ lel, npted Chicago lecturer-and attorney, who Is to address the Bryden Road Temple Brother hodd meeting next Tuesday eve¬ ning,, Nov. 26
Mr. Saltlel, who gained fame early as the youngest man ever to be Included In the Jewhh "Who's Who", Is a dynamic pkitform personality. He has not only spoken before audiences In some 42 states In this coun-
the'Jg^Vteh ?tah"hS'toi''&tf ^«itf Ing agatiiat Jewish organiza¬ tions holding; business meetings or any non-reUglous gatherings on the Sabbath, especlaUy on Friday nights.
The rabbis will meet regular¬ ly every six weeks, with special meetings whenever needed
Jewish War Veterans Host To National Commander Tonight ^
Capitol Post No- 122, of-the Jewish iWar Veterans of thtf Uni¬ ted States, WlU today (Saturday)
Francis Biddle ^ Urses Tolerance Toward AEens
Indianapolis Host To Midwest Welfare Confer^ce
KafaT'lnrtu^otTS'fs^h '^^"^'^^c^c'^ss" ^''' "'''^l Education, to be staffed «y the t^g^eJ^J^^t
ea npABai^St,- '-^¦•"!.^"A ^ ' The Brotherhood has Invito a number of men's clubs and their ladles from various neigh¬ boring churches to attend this meeting which will also be open' to the women of Temple Israel, It Is to be held In the vestry room of the Bryden Bd. Tem¬ ple at 8.0O P. M.
Al Harris is president of the Brotherhood,
NEW YORK, (WNS)—Deplor¬ ing the confuslop and- emotion generated in the United: Statesi by the European war, Francis Biddle, Solicitor General ot the United States, urged a more tolerant attitude toward aliens ¦at the 16th triennial convention of the National Coilncll of Jew¬ ish Women.
Mr. Biddle told the 800 dele¬ gates and visitors from 40 States that "one poUCy we^must shape In'-the iinmedlate future' Is what our attitude should be toward refugees from Europe."
"Until 1024 Immigrants came to us taster than we could ab- soib them," he said. "The quota system was designed to slow that process, without aban¬ doning altogether those streams of new blood to our mixed popu¬ lation.- We have not abandon¬ ed that policy."
The delegates adopted respiu- tlons supporting the President's program to keep the United States out of war, and favoring admission of refugee children from the EiuMpean war zone to the United States over and above the quota for permanent residence, ' ,
Mra. Maurice . L, Goldjnan; gaAi mntlaco, was , re-elected
SpUs;e& firool5l?n;'T.":vlc*ptflsr. dentsj Mrs. Jacob Loeb Langs- dprf, FhUadelphIa, I -treasurer; Mrs' Edgar Menderson, Cincin¬ nati, recording secretary; Miss Almee Stone, Philadelphia, fi¬ nancial secretary, and Mrs. Alex¬ ander Wolf, Washington, honor¬ ary vice president
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Morris LesHnro' play host to the National Com¬ mander, Fred C. Harris, 'and Field Secretary and former Na¬ tional; 'Commander, ' William Berman. A dinner wlU be ten- doYed In honor of these distlnGT- ulshed guests at the qontlncn- tal Restaurant at 7;3'> P. M, fol lowed by an Intormal Executive Session at the Southern Hotel
Program on Sunday wlU start at 1*0 KM. with a luncheon
iContluned am Pun 4>
Dr. Qordon To Address' Ivreeyoh Dinner
Mrs. B Greenbejrg, President of the Ivreeyoh Society, extends a cordial invitation to the en tire Jewish Community to at tend the Annual Dinner of the organization, this Sunday (to¬ morrow) Nov. 24, 600 P M., ati the Agudath Achlm Social Hall, comer Washington and Donald son Sts. To assure the success of the affalfi the Ivreeyoh solic¬ its the cooperation of Its mem¬ bers, parents and aU those in tcrested In the futtjre progress of, the Columbus Hebrew School,
Dr E J. ,Gordon, President of the local Jewish Community Council wUI be the principal speaker on this occasion and Aaron M. Neustadt and A, A. Wolman are to be chairmen of the evcnlhg's program, ,
Mrs Eva Robins, chairman of the Banquet 'Committee, assist¬ ed hy/Mrs. Ida; Garek and Mrs R. W. Wolman, are ..exerting every effort to prepare a delic¬ ious 'dinner and In pfbvldingi an evening of teat entertain .ment. To be featured that eve nlng are beautiful Hebrew he lections by the children ot the Columbus Hebiew School,'un tier the direction of their teach¬ er. Miss Bhoshona Kacselman, of Palestine . -, ,->'''
Jtn as. much as no tickets are beUig sold for this affair, the officers 'of the Ivreeyoh Society hope that a laige turn out will be on hand for their outstand¬ ing anpual event 'thh Sunday I evening Prite per plate Is 75c,
Many Organizations To Be Represented At Donor Dinner
The fqllowlng leaders o&affll lated Zionist groups and local Jewish Men's and Women's or gahlzatlbhs have been "Invited fo sit at the Speakers Table at the Hadassah Donor Dinner, on Sunday, Dec' 1, at'the Southern H6tel,-r
AlbM Schlff, member of Na¬ tional Zionist Executive Board, Robert Mellman, President Co¬ lumbus Zionist District; Mrs, B W. AbramSon, Vice President, Central States Region of Hadas- l-sah; Mrs, Jerome Fisher, Chair man. Business and Profcssionjil Group of Hadassah; Miss Doro¬ thy Krakoff, President, Junior Hadassah; Miss' Jean Robins President, Bud - Hadassah; MrS I M FInkelsteIn, President, La dies' Mizrachi.
iMrs. Joseph Schwartz, Presl dent, Agudath Achlm Sister¬ hood, Mrs J. D Shecter, Presi¬ dent, Beth Jacob Sisterhood; I. M, Harris, President, Zlon Lodge, No 02 B'nal B'rith, Mrs D- W; Goodman; President, B'lial B'rith Auxiliary; Dr E. J Gor¬ don, President, Je\\rlsh Commun¬ ity CouncU pf Columbus; Mrs William pchlff, President, Coun cU.of, Jewish "Women, Mrs A Goldberg, Trcsldent, Ezras-No shim Society;'M,rs S Goldipan President, Jewish War, Veterans' AuxlUai-y, '¦ Mrs B. Greenberg, Pi esldent, Ivreeyoh • Society, Mrs. Allen Gundersheimer, President, tlose E .Lazarus {tantlhata aa'Tata »
INDIANAPOLIS: The immed- late necessity of Settlng'np local; Army and Navy pommlttees representative of aU groups and organl2atlons in each Jew- • ish community In order to serve the needs of the Jewish young men already In the U. S Army or Navy, or about to be Induct¬ ed, as a result of the Selective Service Act was urged by Col. Max R Walner ot PhUadelphla, ' member of the National Army and Navy Committee of tho Jew. Ish Welfare Board, at a Sunday morning session hlghUghtlng the Second 'Annual Conference of the Midwest Section ofthe Jewish Welfare Board that met In IndlanapoUs last Saturday and Sunday. 'Nineteen com¬ munities from fourteen states In the area covered by the Mid¬ west Section sent 130 delegates to the two-doy conference
Chairman of the session at which Col, Walner spoke . was Julian J. Klser ot Indlsnajiolla Discussants were: Charles W. i Morris, LoulsvUle; Arthur J., Freund, Si. Louis; Louis Kraftj executive director ot the Jew¬ ish Welfare Board and Edward ^ Wyner, Cleveland- .,.',. ,• '. | ', To'Meet New Emergency ' \ Mr. "Kraft pointed 'out that' -
the neW' emergency than It ^was^., when the organteatloif' was ih^t' initiated. He indicated that fhp chief service required in the - present situation ia ' a "friendly hand and ^idance".
Mr, Morris stated, "As Ameri¬ cans and Jews we must develop the most effective and compre¬ hensive program for the lnspli;a- tlon, the weUare and the morale of actual and potential Jewish soldiers and sailors." '
The need for coordination ot aU the welfare organizations preparing to serve the soldiers and sailors was recommended hy Mr. Freund
Speaking for the young-men ot draft age, Mr. Wyner, Youth Representative, pleaded for the opportunity for gradual adjust¬ ment tp the new experiences to be expected In camp through programs provided by ,the Cdm- munlty Center. He also felt that It was Important tor the mpraje of his group that the Jewish Welfare Board provide for normalizing thplr Ufo at camp through proper recreation¬ al and leisure time activities. - Saturday t>i^\it the conference was opened by a dinner presid¬ ed over by Heniy Meyers, De¬ troit, President ofcthe Mldiyest Section. Greeting were ex¬ tended by Theodore Dann, Presi¬ dent ot the Jewish Community .Center Association of Indiana¬ polis on behalf of the local Jew¬ ish community and his organiza¬ tion. Mr.-Kraft addressed the group pointing out the marvel¬ ous capacity that has arisen in the American scene within the last two decades He ascribed the adaptabUlty of the Centers to the fact that they were demo¬ cratic Institutions representa¬ tive of all walks ot Jewish life. In the annual report of the region, read by >lr. Meyers, he Ijrgcd that every effort be made by t,he constituent organizations to maintain-the-high standards ot work In the Centers so that 1 <Cbn(ln«eiI en Vagg ij • ¦-
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PRQNICLE
DIW;^ Serving Columbws and Cenfaal Ohio J6wish Commtmity ^A\K
Vol. 10, No. 48
COIiVMBUS, OHIO, FBIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1040
Devoted (a Amtrlam •¦nd Jiwlsh Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Fram Evoiynhere By PBINBAS J. BlBON
Board Of Jewish Afinisters Formed In Columbus
ECHOIilS OF THE WAR
Hitler's Balkan efforts to close the mouth of the Danube have inspired a local wiseacre to in¬ quire whether the Beautiful Blue river has been' expressing anti-Nazi opinions ... Dr. Kurt von Schuschnlgg, last Chancel¬ lor of the late Austrian Repub¬ lic, ^who has been variously re¬ ported as a prisoner In a Nazi concentration camp and hope¬ lessly insane, is Uving quite well and happily in Munich . . . Hla wife, also well and happy, is with him there . . . What with Italian ..soldiers being routed by the Qreeks, the Italian navy be¬ ing smashed by the BrUish and ItaUan planes being brought down by the dozen In England, we can understand the skepti¬ cal attitude ot the ItaUan peo¬ ple on the question of their own mlUtaiy efficiency. . . They're particularly unimpressed by] their, anti-aircraft defense, which l8 credited with much damage to Italian property and to which , the death of General Balbo Is attrl buted .'. > It now appears that It was ItaUan anti-aircraft guns which shot down the plane In which-Balbo was maklng\an In¬ spection flight,. . , A refugee of . , ouf'-acqualntaace tells us that
Aiyan and who was one of Vien- na'si leading filn) executives for years,, -And that when the Nazis marched into Vienna a couple of years-^go special oi" ders were Issued providing tbat' the half-Jewish half-brother of| the Nazi air chief was 'not to be molested In any way .. . KEFirCiEES AVL ' Among the unfortunates held in French concentration camps libw that Hitler is the boss of what used to be the land of I,lh- erty. Equality and Fraternity are many thousands of Span- lards who were forced to flee their country after the vlctoiy ,ot the Franco Fascists ... A movement t6'equip American rescue shipa to bring these fight¬ ers for democracy to Mexico, which will be glad to welcome them, has now been launched . . . Leader of the inovement Is Helen Keller, the lady who has proved to all the world that strength ot spirit can overcome aU handicaps,', . . If you're tn tcrested In supporting this "American JRescue Ship Mission" Just address your contribution to Miss Keller at 200 Fifth Ave^ ;hue. New York .... They say that the~-reason why the'Nazis don't want ex-king Car,ol of Ru¬ mania and Magda Lupescu to come to,the New World is that Hitler Is afraid the two of them might tell America the truth about what is going on In the Balkans ... Magda, Incidentally, has been handling the former monarch's business affairs, and his largo properties In Canada and BrazU are held mostly In her name . . . RANSOM UNPAID i ' .Trau Alma Mahler-Werfel, 'Aryan w)fe ot novelist Franz ,Werfel, who together with her husband'^ias atlast found ret ,U8o jn this country, attributes "inBlr escape'from the hands of the lilazis to Adolf, Hitler's love of music"... As the widow of the fainousi composec Gustav ¦fabler, Fjrau Werfel has 'a val- (Cbiulnued on Page S)- \ ^
The six rabbis of Columhus met last Monday afternoon at the SchonjLhal Center and de¬ cided to form a Board of Jew¬ ish Minlstei^, to which they wlU also Invite rabbis living wlthlh'a radius of a hundreci miles. Habbl Mordecal Hirsch¬ sprung was elected president of the organl-^ zatlon for the first year and Rabbi Lee J. Levlnger 11 si secretary. The other mem bets are Rab-I bl Leopold' Greenwald Rabbi Samuel M. Gup, Rahbl Hany Kaplan and Habbl Na- Hirschsprung than Zellzer. The purpose of the organlza tlon WlU be to further Judaism and Jewish education, as weU as to enable the rabbis to co¬ operate; more i effectively for] such community service, The rabbis discussed such matters as a campaign to recruit chU dren for the reUgious^ schools of the city, religious- services for' the draftees'to be stationed at
BROTHEBBOOD SPEAKER NEXT TUESDAY EVENING
Wqi, D. SaUlel
"America Looks Ahead" wlU be the subject of William D, Salt¬ lel, npted Chicago lecturer-and attorney, who Is to address the Bryden Road Temple Brother hodd meeting next Tuesday eve¬ ning,, Nov. 26
Mr. Saltlel, who gained fame early as the youngest man ever to be Included In the Jewhh "Who's Who", Is a dynamic pkitform personality. He has not only spoken before audiences In some 42 states In this coun-
the'Jg^Vteh ?tah"hS'toi''&tf ^«itf Ing agatiiat Jewish organiza¬ tions holding; business meetings or any non-reUglous gatherings on the Sabbath, especlaUy on Friday nights.
The rabbis will meet regular¬ ly every six weeks, with special meetings whenever needed
Jewish War Veterans Host To National Commander Tonight ^
Capitol Post No- 122, of-the Jewish iWar Veterans of thtf Uni¬ ted States, WlU today (Saturday)
Francis Biddle ^ Urses Tolerance Toward AEens
Indianapolis Host To Midwest Welfare Confer^ce
KafaT'lnrtu^otTS'fs^h '^^"^'^^c^c'^ss" ^''' "'''^l Education, to be staffed «y the t^g^eJ^J^^t
ea npABai^St,- '-^¦•"!.^"A ^ ' The Brotherhood has Invito a number of men's clubs and their ladles from various neigh¬ boring churches to attend this meeting which will also be open' to the women of Temple Israel, It Is to be held In the vestry room of the Bryden Bd. Tem¬ ple at 8.0O P. M.
Al Harris is president of the Brotherhood,
NEW YORK, (WNS)—Deplor¬ ing the confuslop and- emotion generated in the United: Statesi by the European war, Francis Biddle, Solicitor General ot the United States, urged a more tolerant attitude toward aliens ¦at the 16th triennial convention of the National Coilncll of Jew¬ ish Women.
Mr. Biddle told the 800 dele¬ gates and visitors from 40 States that "one poUCy we^must shape In'-the iinmedlate future' Is what our attitude should be toward refugees from Europe."
"Until 1024 Immigrants came to us taster than we could ab- soib them," he said. "The quota system was designed to slow that process, without aban¬ doning altogether those streams of new blood to our mixed popu¬ lation.- We have not abandon¬ ed that policy."
The delegates adopted respiu- tlons supporting the President's program to keep the United States out of war, and favoring admission of refugee children from the EiuMpean war zone to the United States over and above the quota for permanent residence, ' ,
Mra. Maurice . L, Goldjnan; gaAi mntlaco, was , re-elected
SpUs;e& firool5l?n;'T.":vlc*ptflsr. dentsj Mrs. Jacob Loeb Langs- dprf, FhUadelphIa, I -treasurer; Mrs' Edgar Menderson, Cincin¬ nati, recording secretary; Miss Almee Stone, Philadelphia, fi¬ nancial secretary, and Mrs. Alex¬ ander Wolf, Washington, honor¬ ary vice president
¦^-,
Morris LesHnro' play host to the National Com¬ mander, Fred C. Harris, 'and Field Secretary and former Na¬ tional; 'Commander, ' William Berman. A dinner wlU be ten- doYed In honor of these distlnGT- ulshed guests at the qontlncn- tal Restaurant at 7;3'> P. M, fol lowed by an Intormal Executive Session at the Southern Hotel
Program on Sunday wlU start at 1*0 KM. with a luncheon
iContluned am Pun 4>
Dr. Qordon To Address' Ivreeyoh Dinner
Mrs. B Greenbejrg, President of the Ivreeyoh Society, extends a cordial invitation to the en tire Jewish Community to at tend the Annual Dinner of the organization, this Sunday (to¬ morrow) Nov. 24, 600 P M., ati the Agudath Achlm Social Hall, comer Washington and Donald son Sts. To assure the success of the affalfi the Ivreeyoh solic¬ its the cooperation of Its mem¬ bers, parents and aU those in tcrested In the futtjre progress of, the Columbus Hebrew School,
Dr E J. ,Gordon, President of the local Jewish Community Council wUI be the principal speaker on this occasion and Aaron M. Neustadt and A, A. Wolman are to be chairmen of the evcnlhg's program, ,
Mrs Eva Robins, chairman of the Banquet 'Committee, assist¬ ed hy/Mrs. Ida; Garek and Mrs R. W. Wolman, are ..exerting every effort to prepare a delic¬ ious 'dinner and In pfbvldingi an evening of teat entertain .ment. To be featured that eve nlng are beautiful Hebrew he lections by the children ot the Columbus Hebiew School,'un tier the direction of their teach¬ er. Miss Bhoshona Kacselman, of Palestine . -, ,->'''
Jtn as. much as no tickets are beUig sold for this affair, the officers 'of the Ivreeyoh Society hope that a laige turn out will be on hand for their outstand¬ ing anpual event 'thh Sunday I evening Prite per plate Is 75c,
Many Organizations To Be Represented At Donor Dinner
The fqllowlng leaders o&affll lated Zionist groups and local Jewish Men's and Women's or gahlzatlbhs have been "Invited fo sit at the Speakers Table at the Hadassah Donor Dinner, on Sunday, Dec' 1, at'the Southern H6tel,-r
AlbM Schlff, member of Na¬ tional Zionist Executive Board, Robert Mellman, President Co¬ lumbus Zionist District; Mrs, B W. AbramSon, Vice President, Central States Region of Hadas- l-sah; Mrs, Jerome Fisher, Chair man. Business and Profcssionjil Group of Hadassah; Miss Doro¬ thy Krakoff, President, Junior Hadassah; Miss' Jean Robins President, Bud - Hadassah; MrS I M FInkelsteIn, President, La dies' Mizrachi.
iMrs. Joseph Schwartz, Presl dent, Agudath Achlm Sister¬ hood, Mrs J. D Shecter, Presi¬ dent, Beth Jacob Sisterhood; I. M, Harris, President, Zlon Lodge, No 02 B'nal B'rith, Mrs D- W; Goodman; President, B'lial B'rith Auxiliary; Dr E. J Gor¬ don, President, Je\\rlsh Commun¬ ity CouncU pf Columbus; Mrs William pchlff, President, Coun cU.of, Jewish "Women, Mrs A Goldberg, Trcsldent, Ezras-No shim Society;'M,rs S Goldipan President, Jewish War, Veterans' AuxlUai-y, '¦ Mrs B. Greenberg, Pi esldent, Ivreeyoh • Society, Mrs. Allen Gundersheimer, President, tlose E .Lazarus {tantlhata aa'Tata »
INDIANAPOLIS: The immed- late necessity of Settlng'np local; Army and Navy pommlttees representative of aU groups and organl2atlons in each Jew- • ish community In order to serve the needs of the Jewish young men already In the U. S Army or Navy, or about to be Induct¬ ed, as a result of the Selective Service Act was urged by Col. Max R Walner ot PhUadelphla, ' member of the National Army and Navy Committee of tho Jew. Ish Welfare Board, at a Sunday morning session hlghUghtlng the Second 'Annual Conference of the Midwest Section ofthe Jewish Welfare Board that met In IndlanapoUs last Saturday and Sunday. 'Nineteen com¬ munities from fourteen states In the area covered by the Mid¬ west Section sent 130 delegates to the two-doy conference
Chairman of the session at which Col, Walner spoke . was Julian J. Klser ot Indlsnajiolla Discussants were: Charles W. i Morris, LoulsvUle; Arthur J., Freund, Si. Louis; Louis Kraftj executive director ot the Jew¬ ish Welfare Board and Edward ^ Wyner, Cleveland- .,.',. ,• '. | ', To'Meet New Emergency ' \ Mr. "Kraft pointed 'out that' -
the neW' emergency than It ^was^., when the organteatloif' was ih^t' initiated. He indicated that fhp chief service required in the - present situation ia ' a "friendly hand and ^idance".
Mr, Morris stated, "As Ameri¬ cans and Jews we must develop the most effective and compre¬ hensive program for the lnspli;a- tlon, the weUare and the morale of actual and potential Jewish soldiers and sailors." '
The need for coordination ot aU the welfare organizations preparing to serve the soldiers and sailors was recommended hy Mr. Freund
Speaking for the young-men ot draft age, Mr. Wyner, Youth Representative, pleaded for the opportunity for gradual adjust¬ ment tp the new experiences to be expected In camp through programs provided by ,the Cdm- munlty Center. He also felt that It was Important tor the mpraje of his group that the Jewish Welfare Board provide for normalizing thplr Ufo at camp through proper recreation¬ al and leisure time activities. - Saturday t>i^\it the conference was opened by a dinner presid¬ ed over by Heniy Meyers, De¬ troit, President ofcthe Mldiyest Section. Greeting were ex¬ tended by Theodore Dann, Presi¬ dent ot the Jewish Community .Center Association of Indiana¬ polis on behalf of the local Jew¬ ish community and his organiza¬ tion. Mr.-Kraft addressed the group pointing out the marvel¬ ous capacity that has arisen in the American scene within the last two decades He ascribed the adaptabUlty of the Centers to the fact that they were demo¬ cratic Institutions representa¬ tive of all walks ot Jewish life. In the annual report of the region, read by >lr. Meyers, he Ijrgcd that every effort be made by t,he constituent organizations to maintain-the-high standards ot work In the Centers so that 1